A mechanistically-based model of irradiation damage in low alloy steel submerged arc welds

Institution of Chemical Engineers Symposium Series

Volumn , Issue 148, 2000, Pages 8-27

  Williams, Timothy J ^a   Ellis, David ^a  

^a ROLLS ROYCE PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charpy shift; Copper; Fracture toughness shift; Hardness; Irradiation embrittlement; Modelling; Nickel; Pressure vessel steels; Submerged arc weld metal

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DOSIMETRY; EMBRITTLEMENT; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS TESTING; METALLOGRAPHIC MICROSTRUCTURE; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NICKEL; PRESSURE VESSELS; RADIATION DAMAGE; STEEL TESTING;

IRRADIATION EMBRITTLEMENT;

SUBMERGED ARC WELDING;

EID: 0034459861     PISSN: 03070492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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